# Accident 20021126037459A: Piper PA30, Tallahassee, FL, November 26, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2002, 06:15 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N752CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 985 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021126037459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 2002, AT 0630 EDT, A PA-30-30, N752CF REGISTERED TO SECURITY 4 IT INC., COLLIDED WITH A HANGER DOOR, AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, TALLAHASSEE, FL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLYING THE AIRCRAFT TO MIAMI, FL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO START THE LEFT ENGINE, AND THOUGHT THE STARTER HAD HUNG UP, SO HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MOVED THE PROP, THE ENGINE STARTED, THEN AIRCRAFT WITH NO ONE AT THE CONTROLS TAXIED OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK THE HANGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N752CF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20251209017989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251209017989I), Dec 9, 2025: Piper PA-30 (N752CF), Glendale, AZ, Minor damage. The instructor (PIC) and student pilot arrived at the airport at approximately 0710 local time. The initial portion of the flight was uneventful. The flight…
- [Incident 19900923050579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923050579I), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA30 (N752CF), Cape Girardeau, MO, Minor damage. No gear safe light. Lowered gear manually. Gear collapsed on rollout. Multiple discrepancies in system.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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